The Effects of Molecular Weight and Temperature on the Kinetic Friction of Silicone Rubbers

By K. Vorvolakos, M. Chaudhury. 2003

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Optical In Situ Micro Tribometer for Analysis of Real Contact Area for Contact Mechanics, Adhesion, and Sliding Experiments (2011, background): “When a rubber ball with smooth surface is sliding on a hard smooth substrate, or a hard smooth ball on a flat rubber surface, the area of real contact usually decreases with increasing velocity, roughly from the JKR (adhesive) theory limit for zero velocity to the Hertz (non-adhesive) limit for high”
Designing durable icephobic surfaces (2016, background): “Here, f is the force needed to detach a single chain of segmental length a, k is the Boltzmann’s constant, and T is the temperature (27, 28).”